Category: Visuals

Turning Off Auto-Size Column Width in Microsoft Power BI

Thanks, Fred Kaffenberger, for sharing your tip with me for the Matrix visual in Microsoft Power BI. Check out this video to see Fred’s suggestion on manually controlling the width of columns. It’s simple and cool!

Thanks, Fred Kaffenberger, for sharing your tip with me for the Matrix visual in Microsoft Power BI.

Tiny Tips

Check out this video to see Fred’s suggestion on manually controlling the width of columns.  It’s simple and cool!

 

Underlying data in Microsoft Power BI Visuals

Some visuals provide the report consumer with the ability to “Drill Down” to the underlying data, i.e. the individual records or rows in the dataset. In this video, I’ll show you this very feature in a Clustered Column Chart.

Some visuals provide the report consumer with the ability to “Drill Down” to the underlying data, i.e. the individual records or rows in the dataset in Microsoft Power BI.  In this video, I’ll show you this very feature in a Clustered Column Chart.

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Tips on using the Matrix Visual in Microsoft Power BI

In this Video, I’ll show you some tips on using the Microsoft Power BI visual.  I’ll build a GL Account Summary Matrix by month.

In this Video, I’ll show you some tips on using the Microsoft Power BI visual.  I’ll build a GL Account Summary Matrix by month.

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Treemap Bar Chart in Microsoft Power BI

 In this video, I’ll use a new custom visual called the Treemap Bar Chart.  It’s like the baby of the Clustered Column Visual and the Treemap Visual.  This was created by MAQ Software.

In this video, I’ll use a new custom visual called the Treemap Bar Chart.  It’s like the baby of the Clustered Column Visual and the Treemap Visual.  This was created by MAQ Software. https://maqsoftware.com/

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Adding the Fields to a Visual’s Tooltips in Microsoft Power BI

In this Video, I’ll show you how to add fields to the additional information, called “Tooltips”, in a Microsoft Power BI visual.

In this Video, I’ll show you how to add fields to the additional information, called “Tooltips”, in a Microsoft Power BI visual.

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Adding the Q&A Visual in Microsoft Power BI

In this Video, I’ll add a Q&A Visual to my Microsoft Power BI Desktop Report.  This visual uses Microsoft Bing “Natural Query Language” technology.  This is just a fancy way to say, you ask it a question, and you’ll get an answer back in the form of a visual.

In this Video, I’ll add a Q&A Visual to my Microsoft Power BI Desktop Report.  This visual uses Microsoft Bing “Natural Query Language” technology.  This is just a fancy way to say, you ask it a question, and you’ll get an answer back in the form of a visual.

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